Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Department of Agriculture seeks federal farm-recovery grant while trimming some state programs
Summary
Connecticut Department of Agriculture officials told the Appropriations subcommittee they are pursuing a multistate USDA farm recovery grant created in a federal continuing resolution, while the agencyproposed state budget cuts two farm-to-school and nutrition line items.
CONNECTICUT — The commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Agriculture told the Appropriations CommitteeConservation & Development Subcommittee on March 12 that the agency is pursuing federal farm recovery money included in a recent continuing resolution while facing state-level spending cuts that scale back two farm-support programs.
The commissioner said USDA set up a multistate Farm Resource/Farm Recovery and Support Program in the continuing resolution passed in December and that the department is preparing Connecticutto apply. "Our congressional delegation was instrumental, and including a 228,000,000, farm resource farm recovery and support program," the commissioner said. He later described the pool as roughly $220 million and said Connecticut requested $85 million; USDA had reported roughly $443 million in requests, with about $320 million coming from New England, he added.
Why it matters: State agriculture officials said the federal grant could provide direct relief to farmers who lost crops or livestock to…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
